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Common Dandelion

Flowering Plants

Taraxacum officinale, the dandelion or common dandelion, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the daisy family, well known for its yellow flower heads that mature into round, silver-tufted seed heads dispersed by the wind and often called clocks or blowballs. Originally native to Eurasia, its hardiness and easy propagation have carried it across southern Africa, the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, and it thrives in a wide range of environments and moist temperate soils, tolerant of crowding and temperature extremes. Though often treated as a lawn weed, it is increasingly valued in its native range for attracting birds and pollinating insects, ranking as the fourth most important pollen source in one study, and its leaves, flowers and roots are sometimes used as food and in herbal medicine.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Yellow flower heads that turn into round balls of many silver-tufted fruit dispersed by the wind 1
Scientific Name
Taraxacum officinale 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Taraxacum, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Common Dandelion

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Plants For A Future: Taraxacum officinale
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Found In

Australia

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Brazil

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Ecuador

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Europe

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Fiji

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Georgia

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Guatemala

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India

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Kazakhstan

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Laos

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North America

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Norway

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Panama

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Paraguay

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Taiwan

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Turkmenistan

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Venezuela

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Sources
1. Taraxacum officinale - Wikipedia
  • Introduction, opening sentence
    Taraxacum officinale, the dandelion or common dandelion, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • Introduction, second sentence
    The common dandelion is well-known for its yellow flower heads that turn into round balls of many silver-tufted fruit, which disperse in the wind.
  • human-interaction (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    It has been introduced to southern Africa, the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 295282
    Taraxacum officinale, the dandelion or common dandelion, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Taraxacum officinale
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asterales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418
"cites_listing":"I/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asterales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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Wikidata: Common Dandelion
  • Wikidata Q131219, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Taraxacum, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q30024 (Taraxacum)
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asteraceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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Plants For A Future: Taraxacum officinale
Plants For A FutureIn Biome: Grassland, Habitats
Quote, In Biome: Grassland, Habitats
A very common weed of grassland and cultivated ground
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